Double cigar-cutter.



No; s35,-912.- PATENTED,NOV.'13, 1906.

' J. L. OBERMAYER.

DOUBLE CIGAR CUTTER. ,nnmnlon FILED FEB. a, 1906.

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DOUBLE CIGAR-CUTTER. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

' Application filed February 3,1906. Serial No. 299,340.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. OBERMAYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Double Cigar-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cigar-cutters of the type carried in the pocket, my more particular object being to provide the cutter with a large number of cutting edges so disposed as to enable different pairs of them to be used independently of other pairs, the arrangement being such that when the cutter is folded and ready to be carried in the pocket the cutting edges are so disposed as to be harmless.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved cutter as held by the operator for the purpose of cutting a cigar. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the cutter in position ready to receive and to out the ends of a cigar. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the cutter as folded and ready to be carried in the pocket. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section upon the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the cutter as folded. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section upon the line 5 5 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing how the cutting edges are rendered harmless when the cutter is folded, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged section upon the line 6 6 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow and showing the relative arrangement of the shearing members-when the device is ready for action.

Two shearing members 1 2 are each given substantially the form of a shield. The member 2 is provided with an eye 3, into wh IE is inserted a link 4 for enabling the deto be suspended from a chain or placed n a key-ring or the like, if desired. The shearing members 1 2 are pivoted together by means of a pin 5. Each of the shearing members 1 2 is provided with beveled cutting edges 6, these beveled edges upon each .shearing member being concaved and being disposed oppositely in pairs, as will be understood from Fig. 3. The shearing members 1 2 are also provided with apertures '7 for allowingthe insertion of the thumb and fingers of the operator, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The operation of my device is as follows: When the cutteris to be carried in the pocket, the shearing members 1 and 2 are brought into registry with each other, as indicated in Fig. 3. While in this position the beveledcutting edges 6 of one member form "obtuse angles with the corresponding beveled edges 6 of the other member, as may be seen by inspecting Fig. 5. The cutting edges are thus to allintents and phrposes rendered blunt and incapable of cutting so long as the device remains folded, as indicated in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. If now the operator-desires to cut a cigar, he moves the shearing members 1 2 substantially into the relative osition indicated in Fig. 2 andinserts his t umb and one finger through the a erture 7, as indicated in Fig. 1. The end of t e cigar 8 being now inserted between the cutting edges 6 the operator squeezes the shearing members toward each other somewhat after the manner of working a pair of scissors, and thus cli s the end of the cigar. It will be observed, owever, that as each shearing member 1 2 has oppositelydisposed cutting edges 6 the shearing members in question can be swung past each other in two directions relatively to the normal position indicated in Fig. 3that is to say, inFig. 3, for instance, the shearing member 1 may be moved either to the right or to the left relatively to the other shearing member, and according to the direction of this movement the one pair or the other pair of oppositely-disposed cutting edges 6 is brought into requisition. To explain further, referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the shearing member 1 is to the right of the shearing member 2. It is obvious that by forcing the shearing members toward each other the device should take the position indicated in Fig. 3, the shearing members being now in exact registry with each other. If now the shearing member 1 be moved to the left and the shearing member 2 be moved to the right, it is obvious that the relative osition of the shearing members 1 and 2 wili be different'from that shown in Fig. 2, and it is also obvious that the device is ready for use, although different cutting edges 6 are now brought into requisition. The cigar-cutter has therefore two pairs of cutting edges, only one pair being in use at a time. Such being the case, the length of service perstruction.

l l bers may be rotated completely around said ivot as a center, each of said shearing mend;- ers being provided with two oppositely-disposed cutting edges. By giving each shearing member 1 2 sub- 4. A device of the stantially theform ofa shear, as shown, procomprising a air of shearin members, each vision is easily made for the location of the. provided wit two opposite y-disposed cutconcave cutting edges 6 and the device is ting edges and with afinger-hole, and apivot also rendered ornamental. connecting said shearing members together Having thus described my invention, 1 at a pointimmediately adjacent to said cutclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters ting edges so-that the cutting edges of each Patentshearing member are located intermediate of 1. A cigar-cutter, com rising a pair of the finger-hole of that member and said shearing members pivota ly connected topivot. gether, each of said shearing members being 5. A device of the character described, provided with separate cutting edges directl comprising a pair of shearing members, each ed" oppositely, each cutting edge of' each i being provided adjacent to one of its ends with a finger-hole, the opposite ends of said shearing vmember mating aparticular cutting edge'or' the other shearing member. shearing members being pivotally connected each of said shearing members be- 2. A device of thecharacter described,com-

together, ing provided at a point intermediate of its prising a pair of shearing members each provided with a finger-hole, and being further finger-hole and said pivotal connection with l a pair of oppositel -disposed cutting edges.

provided with a pair of cutting edges dis- In testimony whereof I have signed my posed upon opposite sides thereof, the general contour of said cutting edges being conname to this specification in the presence of 55 two subscribing Witnesses.

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3. In a device of the character described, JOSEPH L. OBERMAYER. the combination of a pair of shearing mem- Witnesses: bers, and a pivot connecting the same to- EVERARD B. MARSHALL, 'gether so that either of said shearing mem- J. W. HANAFORD.

formed by the cutter before the necessity for sharpening is doubled as com ared with the service rendered by a cutter oi ordinary concharacter described, 35 

